OMB: Two-thirds of eligible restaurants, bars have not applied for state grants

Nancy Lavin

December 3, 2020 5:24 pm

THE R.I. DIVISION of Taxation has launched a webpage, above, to help restaurants impacted by early-closure orders to navigate the state's new grant program. Roughly one-third of eligible restaurants and bars have applied for grants, R.I. Office of Management and Budget Director Jonathan Wolmer said Thursday. — THE R.I. DIVISION of Taxation says that as of Dec. 3, about 1,800 businesses had applied for funding from a $50 million grant program set up to help those affected by temporary early-closure orders.

PROVIDENCE – Just over a third of restaurants and bars eligible for grants intended to offset losses by state-imposed early closures have applied, according to R.I. Office of Management and Budget Director Jonathan Wolmer. Wolmer shared an update on the grant program administered through the R.I. Division of Taxation at an R.I. House of Representatives…